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Festival opens; moves by Austrians to counter Communist propaganda noted; Amer pro-Western group's credentials invalidated; ousted leaders regain control of delegation
USSR press intensifies efforts to disparage exhibit; USSR citizens give it enthusiastic reception; some criticisms
Johnson says labor bill is 3d major item remaining to complete 'productive' session, TV
Nonresident Tax Study Com named to draft tax relief for nonresidents; A C Petite, consultant to NYS Tax Dept, and J Sullivan and W Embler, consultants to Legis Repubs, apptd; NJ Comm on Out-of-State Taxation reprs Sen Dumont, Assemblyman Matthews and W Miller to attend confs
Mayor Wagner says NYC will start comprehensive study on feasibility of staggering working hrs to ease rush-hr subway congestion; says Rockefeller Bros Fund will give funds; Admr Preusse backs study
1959Joe DeSa, American baseball player (died 1986)[†]
Joseph DeSa was a Major League Baseball first baseman.
1959Hugh Green, American football player[†]
Hugh Donell Green is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers as a defensive end, and was recognized as a three-time consensus All-American. Green was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL draft, and played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins.
1959Neil King Jr., American journalist and author (died 2024)[†]
Neil Caldwell King Jr. was an American journalist and author. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2002. His first book, American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal, was published by HarperCollins in 2023.
1959Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence[†]
Yiannos Papantoniou is a former member of the National Parliament in Greece (MP) from 1988 to 2007, Minister of National Defense (2001−03), Minister of Economy and Finance (1994−2001). During his time as Economy and Finance Minister, he worked closely with his Economic and Financial Affairs Council partners to prepare for the launch of the Euro in Greece. For his achievements he was 'highly commended' by Euromoney magazine in September 1998 as Finance Minister of the Year. Prior to this, Papantoniou worked at the OECD (1978–81), served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1981 to 1984, and as advisor to the Greek prime minister on EEC Affairs and Integration. He was elected as chairman of the board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1999. From 2009 to 2010, he was visiting senior fellow in the Hellenic Observatory within the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Papantoniou has published numerous articles and books on topics related to economic and political developments in Greece, Europe and the wider world scene. In November 2014, Papantoniou was convicted by an Athens court of failing to declare 1.2 million euros in a Swiss bank account held under his wife's name. In July 2017, he filed an appeal to the European court of human rights against this decision.
1959The Continental League is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States.[†]
The Continental League of Professional Baseball Clubs was a proposed third major league for baseball in the United States and Canada. The league was announced in 1959 and scheduled to begin play in the 1961 season. Unlike predecessor competitors such as the Players' League and the Federal League, it sought membership within organized baseball's existing organization and acceptance within Major League Baseball as any attempt at outsider leagues could be quashed by them per a 1922 Supreme Court case declaring MLB exempt from federal antitrust laws. The league disbanded in August 1960 without playing a single game as a concession by lawyer William Shea as part of his negotiations with Major League Baseball to expand to incorporate at least eight new teams.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]